Guarded Engagement: Why Bangladesh Must Protect Its Trade and Strategic Sovereignty
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn recent years, voices have pushed Bangladesh to open its transport corridors to neighbouring regions. On paper, this appears as regional integration. In reality, unguarded openness risks undermining the very industries that sustain our economy and strategic autonomy. Bangladesh has built export industries that form the backbone of the nation—ready-made Continue Reading
Armed Arakan Army Fighter Held in Ukhiya Sparks Border Security Concerns
Reading Time: 2 minutesBorder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained an armed member of the Arakan Army (AA) after he crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar on 12 August 2025, raising fresh concerns over security along the volatile frontier. The detainee, identified as Jiban Tonchongya, 21, was intercepted at the Balukhali border outpost in Ukhiya. He Continue Reading
India Accused of Forcibly Deporting Muslim Citizens into Bangladesh at Gunpoint
Reading Time: 3 minutesPushback operations spark international outrage, legal condemnation and diplomatic tension A deepening humanitarian and diplomatic crisis is unfolding on the Bangladesh–India border, as multiple rights groups, eyewitnesses, and Bangladeshi officials accuse India of forcibly deporting its own Muslim citizens into Bangladesh—some reportedly at gunpoint—under a sweeping and controversial “pushback” campaign. Continue Reading
India’s Assam CM Threatens Unilateral ‘Push-In’ of Alleged Foreigners into Bangladesh: Alarming Implications for Dhaka
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn a move that has sparked serious concern in diplomatic and security circles in Dhaka, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on 9 June that anyone identified as a “foreigner” in the Indian state of Assam will be forcibly pushed into Bangladesh without any legal or judicial process. The Continue Reading
Overhauling Bangladesh’s Visa Policy
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs a state situated at a geopolitical crossroads, Bangladesh can no longer afford to view immigration and visa issuance as routine administrative processes divorced from national security imperatives. In the current threat landscape characterised by transnational organised crime, cyber infiltration, radical ideological exportation, and intelligence penetration the time has come Continue Reading